Which Theoretical Approach to Explaining the Origins of Homosexuality Argues

question 44

Multiple Choice

Which theoretical approach to explaining the origins of homosexuality argues that homosexuality results when a boy is raised by a weak,detached,ineffectual father and an overprotective close-binding mother?

• A) biological
• B) psychoanalytic
• C) operant conditioning
• D) classical conditioning

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